This is the most profound spiritual truth I know: that even when we're most sure that love can't conquer all, it seems to anyway. It goes down into the rat hole with us, in the guise of our friends, and there it swells and comforts. It gives us second winds, third winds, hundredth winds. ...your spirits don't rise until you get way down. Maybe it's because this - the mud, the bottom - is where it all rises from. ...when someone enters that valley with you, that mud, it somehow saves you again.

Summary

This quote expresses the belief that love has a profound ability to transcend seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Despite our doubts and uncertainties, love has a way of persisting and offering comfort in times of struggle. It is symbolized as a force that accompanies us even in our darkest moments, taking the form of friendships and relationships. It provides us with renewed strength and resilience, as if it is from those depths that love emerges and uplifts us. When someone stands alongside us in our moments of despair, this love has the power to save us once again.

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